September 2003

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 29%
10. 2 40%
11. 3 First qtr
12. 4 63%
13. 5 73%
14. 6 82%
15. 7 90%
16. 8 95%
17. 9 99%
18. 10 Full
19. 11 99%
20. 12 96%
21. 13 91%
22. 14 85%
23. 15 78%
24. 16 70%
25. 17 61%
26. 18 Last qtr
27. 19 42%
28. 20 32%
29. 21 23%
30. 22 15%
31. 23 8%
32. 24 3%
33. 25 New
34. 26 0%
35. 27 3%
36. 28 9%
37. 29 17%
38. 30 27%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in September 2003

1. Wed, Sep 38:34 AM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

2. Sun, Sep 75:38 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Sep 94:29 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Sep 97:59 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Sep 911:30 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

6. Wed, Sep 1012:36 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

7. Wed, Sep 109:50 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

8. Tue, Sep 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

9. Thu, Sep 183:03 PM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

10. Fri, Sep 1911:52 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Sep 236:46 AM

    September equinox

    Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.

12. Wed, Sep 242:23 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Sep 244:54 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

14. Wed, Sep 243:44 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Sep 2511:09 PM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

16. Fri, Sep 265:46 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Sep 267:44 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

18. Sun, Sep 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.